Tag Archives: General Assembly

A just completed study of Virginia trial judges’ workloads calls for 30 additional judgeships that could cost the state around $9 million a year. The study recommends a balancing among jurisdictions, with more judgeships in some areas and fewer in ...

A circuit judge up for re-election at the coming General Assembly session may confront questions about his curt treatment of a lawyer during a 2009 courtroom exchange that prompted a disciplinary charge. That year, Bedford County Circuit Judge James W. ...

Del. Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax, wants to shine more light on the workings of the State Corporation Commission by making the state agency subject to Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act. Surovell won a measure of success on Sept. 12, when the ...

With Republicans effectively in control of the Virginia governorship and both houses of the General Assembly, lawyers have been leaning to the red side in making political campaign contributions this year. The trend holds even for trial lawyers, often seen ...

A surprise change in policy for the Virginia State Police has trial lawyers working to try to avoid long delays in getting copies of crash reports for accidents worked by state troopers. As of July 1, the State Police no ...

For the first time since Virginia codified its Rules of Evidence last year, the rules have been amended. Modifications to the Rules of Evidence were part of a package of rules changes approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia that ...

When it comes to filling temporary vacancies on the bench, Virginia may not have such a deep bench. A sizeable number of lawyers sit as substitute judges all over the commonwealth, and court clerks say they depend on the extra ...

When the General Assembly convenes in 2014, the political horse-trading over who gets what judges will have a new data-backed dimension. The process will be informed by the weighted caseload study currently being conducted by the National Center for State ...

ROANOKE – The head of Virginia’s court system is raising the volume on her call for more money from the state government. “The time has arrived to fund and fill all vacant judgeships,” proclaimed Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Cynthia ...

Lawyers who practice before state agencies may have an easier time getting circuit court judges to take a fresh look at their cases under a new law approved by the 2013 General Assembly. Sen. John S. Edwards, D-Roanoke, said he ...